Genesis 16:2
And Sara said to Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from childbearing; go in now to my handmaid, if, perhaps, I may have sons from her. And Abram received the word of Sara.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Sara wife of Abram had no child; and she had an handmaid, a Mizretha, and her name was Hagar.
Cross References
Genesis 3:12And Adam said, The woman whom Thou gavest (to be) with me, she gave to me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 11:30And Sara was barren, she had no child.
Genesis 18:10And He said, Returning I will return to thee, according to the time that you shall revive, and, behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the door of the tent, and it was behind Him.
Genesis 25:21And Izhak prayed before the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord hearkened to his prayer, and Revekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:3And she said, Behold my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she shall bear, and I also shall nourish (children), and be builded up from her.
Genesis 30:9And Leah saw that she had ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpha her handmaid, and gave her to Jakob to wife.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:2-4
Abram, Sarai, and Hagar. ( b. c. 1911.) 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. We… Read the whole commentary →